The Archive
Author: John B. Chilton
On being relevant to the young
There are good reasons, culturally, why church does not work for many people, especially many young people. By and large church is a place where
Nigerian elections go smoothly but violence follows
The Christian Science Monitor provides a good analysis of the recent Nigerian presidential elections which went reasonably smoothly, and the ethnic/religious violence that has ensued
ABC on the Royal Maundy
Power exists, in the Church or the state or anywhere else, so that ordinary people may be treasured and looked after, especially those who don’t have the resources to look after themselves. The Bible is crystal clear that this is the standard by which the gospel of Jesus judges the powerful of this world.
First born should succeed says Archbishop of Wales
Dr Morgan is the latest senior UK figure to call for the rule, which stops the eldest daughter of a monarch from inheriting the British throne if she has a younger brother, to be scrapped.
ABC: No one falls outside God’s love
Lambeth Palace has issued the Archbishop of Canterbury’s ecumenical Easter letter. “No human person is ever less than the object of eternal self-giving attention and delight. It is because of this conviction that the oppression or suffering of any person is so deeply painful and outrageous for the believer.”
Diocese of Virginia settles with second church
The Diocese will retain $1.95 million from a payment by the Virginia Department of Transportation for loss of value to the property as a result of the construction. In exchange, Church of the Word will retain the church building and personal property, and will be responsible for the mortgage on the property. COTW will voluntarily disaffiliate from CANA.
Ssempa “ex-gay” gay recruitment witness reverses story
“When I joined Mr. Ssempa, I told him all my problems,” Oundo said. “I had to come out and join the struggle. Please help us; let the bill pass,” he said in appeal to the Ugandan parliament. But an hour later, in a quiet hotel, Mr. Oundo recanted much of what had been said at the meeting. He added, “David Kato was murdered; it was a plot”
Jackie Robinson signing tied to a talk with God
Fifield, who was pastor of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn in the 1940s, counted Rickey, then general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as one of his parishioners.
Nigeria’s Archbishop interviewed about “homosexualism”
We are getting deeper and deeper into the age that was spoken of by Timothy when people will love themselves more than God, when the pleasure and comfort will determine many things and so we are in the end time and in this end time there are boundless opportunities of evil, but the joy of it all is that evil will not win in the end.